As Xu Yunsheng explained the enemy's strength in detail, the officers below began to whisper, such as the second battalion commander Chen Bo and the third battalion commander Kong Quanxin and others also exchanged opinions with some subordinate officers around them from time to time, obviously they had already considered how to fight.

After letting these officers discuss the work of a cup of tea, Yang Chendong put down the teacup in his hand, sat down in the chair and asked, "How is it?" Do you have any good opinions? ”

It is said that when generals fought in ancient times, they would often discuss with a few close subordinates first, and then set the battle plan, and when everyone was called together, they would directly announce the combat mission, which was the fastest word of benefit. Otherwise, if you really gather all the commanders and centurions below to discuss the matter, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve anything under a few mouths.

Moreover, the ancient army seems to be accustomed to obedience, often what the top says, how to fight below, really let them come up with ideas, use their brains, most of them are some uneducated people, and they can't say that they are ugly, and often only bad things.

Here is Yang Chendong, he really wants to break this habit. What he wants is the participation of the whole people, and what he wants is for everyone to get used to using their brains when fighting wars. It doesn't matter if it's right or not, after all, democratic centralism is still necessary in the end, as long as the commanders don't make mistakes.

I have long been accustomed to Yang Chendong's style, and when asked if they had any ideas, the officers below began to express their opinions.

"Chief, I think that persimmons pick up soft pinch, and they should hit the old hearing clan of the Lancang Kingdom first."

"No, with our strong strength, how can we bully the weak and fear the hard? The Cochin Army should be dealt with first. ”

"Yes, yes, as long as the Jiaozhi army is scared, then there is no need to worry about what kind of Lati, I am afraid that he will have already escaped with his tail between his legs."

The voice of the third man quickly caused a chorus of laughter from the other officers.

The atmosphere also became much warmer for a while. But in general, opinions and differences are just whether to fight the Jiaozhi army or the old people first. After all, although the mercenaries have advanced firearms, after all, the number of people is too small, and it is really unrealistic to say that they can fight both at once.

Yang Chendong looked like he was listening carefully to his opinions, until there were two pillars of incense, and most of the officers below expressed their opinions, and the voice of the discussion became quieter. He coughed lightly, and then his eyes fell on Chen Bo, the commander of the second battalion of Leng Feng, "Battalion Commander Chen, I haven't seen you speak just now, what is your opinion?" ”

Chen Bo, who was called by name, stood up from his seat, his eyes not focused, obviously he was still thinking about the problem.

Chen Bo was called a Confucian general by Yang Chendong. It is because this person is different from other officers in height and physique, and he is not tall, he has more elegance and less bravery, which may be related to his love of reading.

It is precisely because he likes to read that he likes to think more when he encounters problems, and is always willing to ask more why, or make several more assumptions.

Just like just now, he was constantly assuming the situation, until he was named by Yang Chendong and got up, and his thoughts fused. "Sixth Young Master, if I want to say anything, I'm inclined to beat the old hearing clan honestly first. After all, it shouldn't be possible to pack them up

It's going to be too difficult, otherwise, we won't be able to deal with the Jiaozhi army with all our might, not to mention, there are always people staring at us from behind, which is also very unaccustomed to it. ”

"Huh? So do you think of any way? Looking at Chen Bo, Yang Chendong had an intuition that he should have thought of a strategy to retreat from the enemy.

Sure enough, Chen Bo quickly nodded and said: "Sixth Young Master, I think so, take the initiative to be the enemy of our mercenaries, it is not enough to just teach them a lesson, but it should be to completely defeat them, it is best to destroy them completely, so that they can deeply remember this lesson, and from now on, when the name of our mercenaries is mentioned, they will feel trembling all over their bodies, only in this way can they warn future generations and let others know what kind of attitude they should maintain when facing us again." ”

After Chen Bo said these words, he gave Yang Chendong a sense of great planning, and it was not difficult for him to be born curious and said, "Keep talking." ”

"Sixth Young Master, do you think this is the case, isn't the navy attacking in the direction of Jiuzhen County in the direction of Rinan County? And I heard that the progress is very smooth, then do you think you can let them make a gesture, in the direction of the Changshan Mountain Range to make a posture of marching to the Lancang Kingdom mainland, just need to move a little bigger, presumably if the momentum is enough, they will definitely transfer Lati back to China for the safety of their own country, at that time we can hit it halfway, we can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Taking the initiative to walk to the sand table, Chen Bo explained his thoughts in detail, and then looked at Yang Chendong with a look of anticipation.

Yang Chendong was also intrigued by Chen Bo's thoughts. To be honest, it's just 100,000 Lao soldiers, and they really don't care about Yang Chendong with knives, guns and sticks. If he really needs to pacify Jiaozhi now, he can move his army west now, and it will not be difficult to kill Laos. So what he wanted was to clean up the Lao soldiers by intercepting them halfway. But if you really do that, the most you can do is to beat the other person away, and if you want to hurt and hurt, it will be a little difficult to do.

On the contrary, Chen Bo's plan was completely different, first mobilizing them, and then volleying them on the return road where they had to retreat, so that it would be possible to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, or even annihilate the enemy completely, and the price paid would only be smaller.

As for the need to mobilize the Navy to cooperate, that is even less of a problem. Didn't Chen Bo already say it just now? They only need to make a noise, and there is no need to actually send troops.

"Okay, this matter will be handed over to your second battalion, how many troops do you need to cooperate?" Yang Chendong quickly made a decision. This is the case for those who are handsome, and when they are constantly interrupted, they will often be chaotic. Moreover, even if this plan fails, he will not lose anything, and it will just be regarded as a long-distance training exercise for the army.

Seeing that Yang Chendong agreed, Chen Bo was also very excited. Before the third battalion commander Kong Quanxin captured the city of Hanoi, the capital of the country of Jiaozhi, but he was not envious, although he also captured the northern belt city before, but in comparison, it was a city without an owner's defense, and he didn't even fire a few shots, and the sense of accomplishment was too small. But if you can eat these 100,000 Lao soldiers, it will be completely different, it is a real military feat.

"Sixth Young Master, if I can, in addition to the second battalion, I also want to transfer two auxiliary battalions, five temporary auxiliary battalions plus 10,000 jiao

Toe mercenaries. After saying this, Chen Bo also explained meaningfully, "I want to leave all the 100,000 Lao soldiers behind, if the number is too small, I am afraid that I can only defeat them and cripple them, but I can't leave all the people behind." ”

"That's right." Yang Chendong nodded very decisively, Chen Bo's requirements are indeed not low, but this proves his confidence even more. As he said, if you want to leave the other party's 100,000 army, if the number is too small, it really can't work.

"Thank you, Sixth Young Master, please rest assured, if you don't take down 100,000 Lao soldiers this time, I will start with a new soldier." Seeing that Yang Chendong trusted him so much, Chen Bo said with excitement and emotion. With more than 10,000 soldiers on a solo expedition at one time, he should be the first person besides Yang Chendong, and it is normal to be excited.

With Chen Bo's military order, the other officers who were still trying to fight for the opportunity on the side kept their mouths shut. Especially the commander of the third battalion, Kong Quanxin, he doesn't want to be left behind, even if the second battalion commander Chen Bo can do this well, why can't he, although he still doesn't quite understand the other party's specific battle plan, but as long as the idea is there, the specific things can be studied again.

It's just that all this changed after hearing Chen Bo's military order. Compared with Chen Bo's courage and desperateness, Kong Quanxin has too much in his heart.

With the policy of dealing with 100,000 Lao soldiers, the next meeting was much simpler. Yang Chendong announced that in addition to leaving 2,000 Jiaozhi mercenaries and one auxiliary battalion and two temporary auxiliary battalions to continue to guard the city of Hanoi, the other 20,000-odd troops would march to the west of Yucheng early tomorrow morning, and he would make a posture of attacking the whole army to attract the 100,000 Lao troops under Latti's command to send troops.

Just after the meeting, the commander of the reconnaissance company, Xu Changsheng, sent scouts to the direction of Rinan County and informed the commander of the navy Nie Tong there to draw some of his men to make a posture of jumping over the Changshan Mountains and attacking the Lancang Kingdom deeply.

The mercenaries, who had rested for eight days, left the north gate of Hanoi early the next morning in a new and full state of mind, and headed straight for Xiyu City, which was less than two hundred miles away.

The commander of the army is naturally Yang Chendong. He was followed by Luo Po, the head of Leng Feng's Second Regiment. It's just that this regiment commander is a little pitiful, and now there are only three battalions and a regimental company and a regimental reconnaissance company left, but even so, although the number is small, they are still the main force.

Yang Chendong was accompanied by seven auxiliary battalions, seven temporary auxiliary battalions, and 18,000 Jiaozhi mercenaries as they headed west to the city. An army of nearly 25,000 men marched out of the city, and soon their whereabouts were learned by the nearby Jiaozhi scouts, who were now like a hurricane blowing across the land of Jiaozhi, and a battle to defend the country and a war to destroy the country were just around the corner.

On the night when Yang Chendong led the army out of the north gate, in the middle of the night, the west gate of Hanoi City was opened from the inside, and Chen Bo took his second battalion of Leng Feng and two auxiliary battalions, five temporary auxiliary battalions and 10,000 Jiaozhi mercenaries led by General Hong Jin quietly out of the city and disappeared into the darkness.

In order to better complete the task, Chen Bo asked General Hong Jin to come over. After all, this time the 10,000 Jiaozhi mercenaries played a big role, whether or not to keep the 100,000 Lao troops in the territory of Jiaozhi, the main task still falls on them, if there is no good commander, how can it be done.